adaptation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

Synonyms

• adaptation

More generic

• adjustment
• alteration
• modification

More specific

• dark adaptation
• light adaptation

Noun

a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

Synonyms

• adaptation
• version

More generic

• piece of writing
• writing
• written material

More specific

• modernization
• versification

Noun

the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Synonyms

• adaptation
• adaption
• adjustment

More generic

• biological process
• organic process

More specific

• acclimation
• acclimatisation
• acclimatization
• dedifferentiation
• differentiation
• domestication
• specialisation
• specialization

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